24Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.


In Context

21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, |Go, tell the king what you have seen!| The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.

22 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, |But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite.| Joab said, |Why do you want to run, my son, since that you will have no reward for the news?|

23 |But come what may,| he said, |I will run.| He said to him, |Run!| Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

24 Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.

25 The watchman cried, and told the king. The king said, |If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.| He came closer and closer.

26 The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the porter, and said, |Behold, a man running alone!| The king said, |He also brings news.|

2 Samuel 18:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:24While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman that was on the top of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running alone.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:24Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24And David sat between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate, on to the wall, and lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man running alone.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:24Now David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goeth unto the roof of the gate, unto the wall, and lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a man running by himself.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.